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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.2231,Lat: 51.2996
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	15:35:52pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kent
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dover
Name	Little Stour and Ashstone

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Elmstone	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Grove	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 West Stourmouth	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Hoaden	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 East Stourmouth	2.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	93 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	225 km	EastSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	280 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South East. The nearest bigger lake is Bewl Water (3.5 km² at a distance of 61.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 95.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 133 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 52%, low location: 48%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Stansted Airport (at a distance of 95 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

2 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

73.7 km2

93.8%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Preston in country England

Preston at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	10 km	West
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	88 km	WestNorthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	93 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ash

Type of weather in Ash	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam